AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10164-10151
RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 62-109060-8169

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR: CIA
FROM: DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS
TO: DIRECTOR, FBI
TITLE:

DATE: 02/22/1980
PAGES: 4
SUBJECT: JFK, ASSA, ASSISTANCE, OPINION, SUSPECTS

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

ORIGINAL Secret NEW
CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION:
REVIEW DATE: — 06/30/1997 UPDATE DATE: — 02/12/2001
STATUS _ Redact ~
RESTRICTIONS:
JFK Act 6 (1)(B)
COMMENTS: INC FBI MEMO

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SUBJECK, : Alleged Information on Assassination of
President Kennedy ;

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s ; i. _The following information was provided byfour repre-
Sentat ivdgin Rio de Janeiro and is being forwarded for your
information and such action as you deem appropriate.

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a. An unidentified caller phoned the Consul General |

in Rio de Janeiro 29 January 1980, to offer “s het informa~ }
tion" on the. assassination of President John F. Kennedy.- An |
Agency officer interviewed the individual on 30 January “S169 |

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b. At first, the walk-in refused to identify him-
self or give the names of persons in his story, but agreed to }
do -so after the interviewer impressed on him the importance
when evaluating information of the identity of the source and
‘of the other persons involved. The walk-in reluctantly pro-
duced an ID card (106%51 issued by the technical police on
8/29/66} identifying himself as Las zlOR KOVACS, born 30a0Cto-
ber 1926 in Sao Paulo of Hungarian pareisfGergchy and Pasta
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_ '‘Eurons with his parents and lived in Hungary and Yugoslavia,
i mostly the latter, until 1961 when he returned to Brazil,
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SUBJECT - : Alleged Information on Assassination of
President Kennedy

cause of Vlasenco's nationality, and the timing of the assassi-
nation six months after the blockade of Cuba, Kovacs concludes
that the assassination was ordered by "Brezhnev and Fidel
Castro.": .

e. Vlasenco told Kovacs in November, 1963 that he
rented the apartment, dealt in precious stones, and had lived
there for four years. Vlasenco was away from the apartment dur-
ing the day, dressed well, had no family and no car. Kovacs
guesses he saw him three times during the two week period.

f, Kovacs asked that the above story be passed to
Senator Edward Kennedy, and at first refused to identify himself
and the characters in his story to anyone but the Senator or
his emissary because he was afraid for his life. It was for
that reason also that he claims he did not come forward until
now. Kovacs was assured that his story would not appear in
any newspaper or magazine (which he feared would happen), but
would be sent to Washington by a coded message. Towards the
end of the interview Kovacs alluded to his need for money
(CR $500,006 about US $11,500) to fund his inventions; one a
dirigible which could carry “any amount of cargo," and one a
pump which could pump liquids hundreds of miles. When asked
if he had made an effort to interest local entrepreneurs, Kovacs
replied that he had expended considerable effort, "but they
laugh at me." Kovacs appears to have a confused thinking
process and lively imagination and his story is contradictory.
He probably came forward in the hope that his information
would be worth money. We do not know whether he himself be-
lieves the story he related.
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1! 2. jOur representative tn Rio de Janeiro has been advised
to have no further contact’ with Kovacs. Should addees wish to
pursie the matter, Kovacs’ present address is Rua A, 46, Vila
Luiza, Pavuna, Rio de Janeiro.

3, This Agency has no identifiable traces on Kovacs or
Viasenco.

CIR 316/00637-80

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